WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 7TH TO 13TH JULY 2025

World zoonotic Disease Prevention Day - 6th July 

FOCUS  - Disease Surveillance, Environmental Protection, And Promoting Stronger Health Systems 

1) A New Plant Species Belongs To GENUS - PINDA In The FAMILY - APIACEAE Has Been Discovered In Western Ghats 

* The Species Has Been Named PINDA MUKHERJEEANA In Honour Of Prasanta Kumar Mukherjee, An Eminent Botanist 

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2) Vaibhav Suryabanshi, 14 Years Old Cricketer Has Registered 52 Balls 100 ( In Under 19) Against England In England. 

3) Aryaveer Dewan Clinched The Under 17 Boys Title At The Asian Junior Squash Championship 2025 

4) Assam's Renowned Historian And Educationalist Udayditya Bharali Passed Away At The Age Of 79. 

5) Sarah GERONIMO Wins The International Female Artist Of The Year AWARD At The 2025 GOSPEL CHOICE MUSIC Awards In US. 

6) Bhavina Patel Wins Gold In ITTF Para Challenger, Kaohsiung. 

7) D Gukesh Wins The RAPID Title At Grand Chess Tour 2025 Zagreb. 

8) Sakshi Chaudhary Wins Gold In Women's 54kg Category At World Boxing Cup Asthana 

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* Maharajan Win Gold in Men's 60kg Youth Category At Asian Youth Junior Weightlifting Championships 

* Sunil Singh Win Silver Medal In Men's 60 kg Category At Asian Youth Junior Weightlifting Championships 

9) Shuttler Meghna Reddy Wins The Women's Single Final At FZ FORZA Future Series 

10) Jaismine Lamboria, Wins Gold Medal In Women's 57 Kg Category At World Boxing Championship, Astana 

* Abhinash Jamwal Wins Silver In Men's 65 Kg Category At World Boxing Championship, Astana 

11) Magnus Carlsen Wins The Grand Chess Tour: Super United Rapid And Blitz 2025.

12) India Ranked 2nd Globally In Trust In Democracy (74%) 

Sweden Topped The Table 

13) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated A Unique Hitech Phenome - India NATIONAL BIO BANK - At The CSIR Institute Of Genomics And Integrative Biology. 

14) Indian Origin Vaibhav Taneja Named Treasurer Of The AMERICAN PARTY ( Elon Musk Party) 

15) Harvinder Singh Wins Gold In Asian Para Archery Championships In Beijing, China.

16) VYAPAR RATNA AWARD PRESENTS To The Entrepreneurs By UNION MINISTER Piyush Goyal On The Occasions Of Syama Prasad Mukherjee In Srinagar.

17) India Finishes With 9 Medals Including 3 Gold, 3 Silver And 3 Bronze At Asian Para Archery Championships At Beijing, CHINA.

18) India To Host 2026 BRICS SUMMIT 

19) Sanjog Gupta Has Been Named As The CEO Of International Cricket Council (ICC).

20) China And Brazil Have Signed a Plethora Of Cooperation Documents In Fields Such As Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals, New Energy, AI BRICS.

21) Recently Indian Scientists Have Discovered Fossilised Leaves Found In Assam's Makum Coal-field 

* 24 millions Years Old Leaves 

* Which Connects North East To Western Ghats v

* A Research Team From The Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeoscinces ( BSIP) Lucknow Studied That Leaves Which Found That Belongs To NOTHOPEGIA Genus) Oligocene Period 

* Now A Days Its Found In Only Western Ghats 

* This Changes Cause Due To Himalayan Began To Rise Because Of Tectonics Shifts And The Regions Become Cooler 

22) BRICS To Launch New Investment Platform Tied To BRICKS BANK.

23) UAE Introduced The New Golden VISA Lifetime Residency For Rs 23 Lakhs, 

24) Jennifer SIMONS Has Been Elected As First Woman President Of Suriname.

25) Kunwar Anand Singh, Former MP And Father Of Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh Passed away.

26) India Finishes With 3 Gold, 5 Silver And 3 Bronze Medal At World Boxing Championship Astana 

27) Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Uganda, Uzbekistan Joins BRICS As Partners Country.

28) China Will Establish A China - BRICS Research Centre On New Quality Productive Forces in 2025.

29) BRICS Allows Indonesia As 10th Members Country.

30) India To Host The COP 33 In 2028.

1) 17th BRICS SUMMIT 2025 - 

* Combating Terrorism In All Forms 

* Swift Adoption Of UN's Comprehensive Convention On International Terrorism 

* Action Against UN Designated Terrorist 

* Increase Representation Of Developing Countries In UNSC Membership 

* UNSC Reforms Would Strengthen Voice Of The Global South 

2) Manmohan Samal Has Been Appointed As The President Of Odisha BJP For 4th Consecutive Terms.

3) idream Tiruppur Tamizhans Has Win The TNPL Trophy 2025 

4) A 140,000 Years Old Hominin Skull From Israel Have Been Said To Be Hybrid Skull.

5) India Finishes Third At World Police And Fire Games 2025 With 273 Gold, 166 Silver And 121 Bronze ( 560 Medals) 

6) Taiwan Witness The Typhoon Danas.

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7) From India a Hand Etched Silver Lion On Fuchsite Stone Base Gifts To President Of Argentina 

8) Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Gifts Mini Ram Temple Sclupture To Prime minister of Trinidad Tobago 

9) Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Gifted Madhubani Paintings To Vice President Of Argentina Victoria Villarruel 

10) Dr G S Bharadwaj Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Wildlife Institute Of India (WII).

11) Rio De GENERIO Hosts The Environment COP 30.

12) United States Imposes 25% Tarriff On Japan And South Korea.

13) Shri Mahesh Agaria Has Been Appointed As The State President Of Bjp Of Dadra Nagar Haveli, 

14) Mrinalini Srinivasan Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Financial OFFICER Of Castrol India.

15) India - Uruguay leadership Discuses Expansion Of India - MERCOSUR Prefential Trade Agreements.

16) US Imposes 35% Tariff To Bangladesh 

17) 2nd Edition Of BIMSTEC Ports Conclave Vishakapatanam 14-15th July 2025.

18) Lando Norris Has Win The British GRAND Prix 

1) Hardeep Singh Brar Has Been Named As The CEO Of BMW India. 

2) Aayiu Atindrya Shetty Wins The Munich Youth Under 12 Rating 2025 

3)  OLYRA SANCTA, A NEW SPECIES OF ANGUILLIFORM CATFISH HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TISSA RIVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

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4) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Announced 35% Reservation For WOMEN in All Government Jobs.

5) State Wise Business Environment Ranking 2025-2029 

6) Chief Justice Of india Has Dedicated a Book Corner To First' Woman Judge Of Kerala High Court. ( Anna Chandy) 

7) The International Solar Alliance Will Host The 7th Regional Committee Meeting For Asia And Pacific From 15-17th JULY 2025 In Colombo, Srilanka.

Theme 2025 - Advancing Solar Cooperation Across A Region Of Diversity And Opportunity 

8) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated The Agricultural Technology Innovation Center at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Agriculture University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 

9) Ministry Of Information And Broadcast Has Launched The KALAA SETU - Real Time Language Tech For Bharat 

10) Former UK PRIME MINISTER Rishi Shunak Has Been Appointed As The Senior Advisor Of Goldman Sachs.

11) World's First Ever Malaria Drug For New Born Approved - By Novartis Drug Named COARTEM 

12) Sports Authority in India (SAI) Bengaluru Has Been Certificated As EAT RIGHT 5 STAR CAMPUS ( by FSSAI)

13) Odisha To Host The YONEX - Sunrise All India Senior National Ranking Badminton Tournament From 8th To 15th July 2025.

14) DRDO And Indian Navy Has Successfully Trails Of Extended Range Anti Submarine Rocket (ERASR) By INS KAVARATTI 

15) Real Me Announced Actor Vicky Kaushal As It's Brand Ambassador.

16) NITI AAYOG Released The 2nd Edition Of The North East Region District SDG Index 2023/24.

17) US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Announced New tariff Plan 

18) Indonesia To Host The 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Senayan, Jakarta, From 19th To 25th October 2025.

19) Apple Names Indian ORIGIN Sabih Khan As Coo.

20) 100 Years Old Elephant Named VASTALA Passed Away in Madhya Pradesh.

21) Dr Kuruvila Joseph Appointed As The Pro Vice Chancellor Of IIST.

22) Tamilnadu Became The First State To Adopt TB Death Prediction Model.

23) Researchers Have Developed a New Technology That Could Help Measure The Invisible Forces Of Magnetism - From The Inside Of Human Brain, To Depth Of Outer Space - 

24) FORMER Australia fast Bowler Gordon Rorke Passed away.

25) NISTAR, The First' Indigenously Build By HSL Delivered To Indian Navy At Visakhapatnam 

26) Taiwan Launched The Annual Military Exercise GRAY ZONE TACTICS Against China.

27) Twitter Co Founder Jack Dorsey Has Launched Messaging App Bitchat.

28) india - Brazil Signed MoU 

29) IPS OFFICER Sanjeeb Panda Has Been Appointed As The ADG Anti Naxal Ops Odisha.

30) India NAMIBIA SIGNED FEW MOU 

31) Fabio Fognini Announced Retirement From International Tennis.

32) THE ART OF BATTING Book Author - Jarrod Kimber 

33) India Ranked THIRD In GLOBAL Clean Energy Ranking 2025 

1) China 

2) USA 

3) INDIA 

34) India Post Has Released A Commemorative Postage Stamp Of The 125th Birth Anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee 

1) Pakistan And Turkiye Have Agreed To Boost Their Cooperation In Sectors, Defence, Trade, Energy And Infrastructure.

2) Vidya Pillai Wins The Heyball Gold Medal

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Honoured The Legacy Of Dr Sam Nujoma, Founding Father And First President Of NAMIBIA, (By Laying A Wreath At The Heros Acre Memorial) 

4) Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Has Unveiled The Commemorative Postage Stamp And Coin On The Occasions Of 125th Birth Anniversary Of Syama Prasad Mukherjee 

5) Linda Yaccarino Steps Down From CEO Of X 

6) Researchers Have Describe ZINCORE, - a Two Protein Complex That Binds Zinc Finger Transcription Factors And Activities The Gene Essential For Development.

7) Odisha State Wins The BEST STATE IN AGRICULTURE Award At The 16th Agriculture Leadership Conclave.

8) WHERE BIOLOGY ENDS AND BIAS BEGINS : LESSONS ON BELONGING FROM OUR DNA Book Author - Shoumita Dasgupta 

9) Manipur's Hanjabam Langlentombi Wins Silver At Asian Wushu Championship 

10) Hindustan Unilever Appoints Priya Nair As Its CEO ( FIRST EVER WOMAN CEO) 

11) Amanda Anisimova, Becomes The Youngest American Woman To Reach The Wimbledon Single Final After Beating Aryna SABALENKA 

12) 1996 IFS OFFICER Ajaneesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Uruguay.

13) A Rare Caracal Spotted In Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh.

14) The Maharashtra Legislative assembly UNANIMOUSLY Passed The Special Public Security Bill.

15) Indian Army Launched The OPERATION JAL RAHAT -2 In Flood Hit North East.

16) India Ranked Third In Research Output Among G20 ( 9th in 2013) 

17) Yamaha Motors Celebrates 70 Years With New Logo Unveiled 

18) Canada Gairdner International AWARD Laureate Professor Zelig Eshhar Passed away 

19) International Arbiter, Chess Player And Coach Jitendra Chaudhary Passed away.

20) India's First Epigraphically Reference To Halleys Comet Found In Vijayanagar 15th Century Copper Plate.

21) NITI Ayog Release The 2nd Edition Of North Eastern Region District SDG INDEX 2023/24 

22) Indian Wrestlers Have Finishes With 19 Medals Including 9 Gold, 7 Silver And 3 Bronze Medal At 2025 Under 15 Asian Wrestling Championships Kazakhstan 

23) Novak Djokovic Became The 2nd Oldest Player To Reach ( 38 Years 48 days Old) To Appears Wimbledon Semi final. ,( Novak Reached 52 SF) 

24) Nvidia Became The First Company To Reach 4 Trillion Values.

25) Agra To Host The South Asia First Global Potato Research Centre.

26) India Ranked 42nd In Global Life Work Balance Index 2025.

27) The First Ever United Nations Global Risk Report Has Been Launched By World Meteorological Organisation 

World Population Day - 11th July 

THEME 2025 - Empowering Young People To Create The Families They Want In a Fair And Hopeful World 

1) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Inaugurated The Reconstructed Carnack Bridge Flyover In South Mumbai, 

* Rename After Operation Sindoor 

2) 25 Years Old Tennis Player Radhika Yadav Shot Died By Her Father.

3) INS TARKASH Participate In The EXERCISE PASSEX With Hellnic Navy's HS Psara ( Hydra Class Frigate) 

4) The Centuries Old Tradition Of Sarvajanik Ganeshostov Has Been Officially Declared As The State Festival Of Maharashtra 

5) Egypt And China SIGNED Agreement To Support Settlement In Local Currencies, 

6) Researchers Have Found Prehistoric Humans In Kashmir Valley Hunted Elephant 300,000 To 400,000 Years Ago Pampore 

7) BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING Book Author - Lt General Shakti Gurung ( RETIRED) 

8) Assam Cabinet Has Approved GAJA MITRA Scheme To Tackle Human - Elephant Conflict.

9) The 15th EAST Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers Meeting Held At Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

10) Prasar Bharati Has Signed MoU with The Hand Ball Association Of India (HAI) To Promote Handball Across Country.

11) India's First Steel Pipeline Integrated CBG Plant Commissioned In Punjab.

12) DRDO And Indian Air Force Have Successfully Conducted The Flight Test Of Indigenous BVRAAM Astra Equipped With Indigenous Radio Frequency Seeker From Su 30- MK 1 From Odisha Coast On 11th July 2025.

13) WISHPERS OF DESTINY Book Author - Lobsang Phuntstock 

14) The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet Has Approved The Extension In Service Of Mr Govind Mohan As Home Secretary. Ministry Of Home Affairs 

15) Sikkim Unveiled Two New Tourist Destinations Yangang And Soreng.

1) Bijoy A Sangma, Becomes The First Indian Appointed As The Chairman Of Baptist World Alliance Human Right Commission.

2) Carlos Alcaraz Wins 20 Consecutive Wins In Wimbledon Career.

3) Uttarakhand Celebrate HARELA Festival.

4) 129th Amendment (One Nation One Election) 2024 Bill.

5) Burundi Has Eliminate The TRACHOMA, Report By WHO.

6) POWERGRID Has Conferred With The Exceptional Employee Experience (PSU Awards) At ETHR World Employee Experience AWARD 2025.

7) Vivek Kumar Gupta Has Been Appointed As The General Manager Of Western Railway.

8) The Prehistoric Sites Of The Khorramabad Valley, Islamic Republic Of Iran Has Been Added To UNESCO HERITAGE Site List.

9) Animesh Kujur Has Finishes As Fourth At The Monaco Diamond League Under 23 200 Meter At 20.55 Second.

10) USISPF Appointed Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla As Member Of Executive Committee 

11) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Project Worth Rs 1000 Crores In Meghalaya.

12) Indian Army Launched OPERATION SHIVA To Ensure safe Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir.

13) Sradhanjali Samantray Became The First Woman Footballer From Odisha To Earn AFC -A Licence.

14) IAS OFFICER V Hekali Zhimomi, Assigned Additional Charge As CEO Of NHAI.

15) Sonali Mishra Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of RPF.

16) Varsha Despande Has Honour With The UN POPULATION AWARDS 2025.

17) Actor Shah Rukh Khan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Rohan Corporation.

18) Kalinga Stadium To Host The India's First World Athletics Continental Bronze Tour.